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• Most people dressed as superheroes

  By gwr_danny | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:14:34 GMT

  

  CHaD, a dually upright cause and celebrated superhero in its own right, is at it again! The Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, located in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA, on 29 August reclaimed from abroad the Most people dressed as superheroes Guinness World Records™ record, a title the organ...

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• Largest gathering of people dressed as Mario

  By gwr_angela | Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:34:43 GMT

  

  On 18 August 2010, 419 people in costumes showed up in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Among them, 230 people dressed as Mario, the popular video game character, setting a new Guinness World Records™ record for the largest gathering of people dressed as Mario.  &n...

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• Largest tug of war tournament

  By gwr_angela | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:32:14 GMT

  

  On 16 August 2010, in Xuejiawan Town, Zhungeer County, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, 1,280 participants took part in a tug or war tournament, setting a new Guinness World Records™ record for largest tug of war tournament.  [image][image]This event was organized by the Ord...

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• Most Mentos and soda fountains

  By gwr_mike | Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:36:27 GMT

  

  One of the things that often gets overlooked with all the hard work and preparation involved in breaking Guinness World Records is that setting a world record should be fun. Nowhere was that more evident than Mexico City on 21 August, when 2,433 residents and tourists, old and young, all tapped into their inner 8-year-old...

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• Largest charity walk

  By gwr_matt | Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:44:44 GMT

  

  For a sports fan like myself there are few better places to attend a record attempt than at a world famous cricket venue, so when the opportunity to adjudicate the Largest Charity Walk at the iconic BIDvest Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, came my way, I jumped at the chance. [image] The occasion was the BIDvest Un...

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• Longest human domino line

  By gwr_angela | Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:14:34 GMT

  

  On 12 August 2010, Ordos City, located in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China, became the venue of a new Guinness World Records™ achievement for the longest human domino line. The record was achieved by 10,267 participants who formed a human domino line, smashing the previous record of 9,234 set in Singapore...

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• Largest boat tie-up

  By gwr_mike | Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:43:15 GMT

  

  When temperatures soar high enough to melt your sunglasses and the lazy days of summer have slowed life to a crawl, the Lake Cumberland Association of Somerset, Kentucky, USA, has found the two perfect solutions: head to the water and break a world record. The Guinness World Records achievement for the "largest boat tie-up"...

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• Largest archery tournament

  By gwr_angela | Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:51:50 GMT

  

  On 4 August 2010, the new Guinness World Records™ accomplishment for the largest archery tournament was set in Balaga’ergaole Town, Xiwuzhumuqin County, Inner Mongolia, China. 1,024 archers took part in the tournament, breaking the previous record of 332. [image]The competition was organized by the People&...

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• Heaviest sumo deadlift in one hour

  By gwr_amanda | Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:56:31 GMT

  

  At first glance, the words sulfur, deadlifts, and Guinness World Records would seem to have nothing in common with one another.  On Saturday, August 14, however, Dr. Thienna Ho combined all three in an impressive record-setting event.At St. Emydius Gym in San Francisco, California, Thienna attempted to set the...

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• The Longest Dike

  By gwr_lucia | Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:03:29 GMT

  

  The completed Saemangeum seawall, dubbed the "Great Wall on the Sea," and the world’s longest sea dike was awarded the Guinness World Records Certificate on August 2 2010 after 19 years of construction. The certificate presentation ceremony was held at the Sinsi Plaza of Saemangeum Sea Dike in North Jeolla Province. Ministe...

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